Scalder and washer.



- Ng- 947,7 1. 'PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.. B. J.JUDGE & L. c. DIBBRT SGALDER AND WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED 822114, 1905.

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EDWARD J. JUDGE .AND LoY o. DIBERT, oFsAN rnanoisoo, CALIFOR IA.

SCALDER AND WASHER.

V and vegetables-like tomatoes, peas, peaches,

- the scalder.

&c.th-rough a bath or baths of hot water or hot solution to remove or loosen the skins preparatory to canning with as little damage to the fruit or vegetables as possiblef The trouble with most machines now in use is that the fruit 18 tumbled about too much and bruised or crushed in its passage through It consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which g Figure 1 represents a lon 'itudinal section of our machine with the fee -delivery trough broken away and the feeder moved up close to tank. Fig.1 2 is a plan of the feeder, show-' ing connections with main shaft.

A represents a tank suitably supported and of any appropriate size, shape, or material. We usually make the tank of heavy sheet metal with a half-round bottom and divide the tank transversely into two compartmcnts by the partition 2-one compartment, as 3, for the hot water for the preliminary heating and the other, 4, to contain the hot solution for removing the skins, etc.

The respective compartments are provided with the peculiarly-shape conveyors 5 6. Each conveyor comprises a conical shell having suitable perforations for the free passage of the liquid in and out of the shell and having. the internal spiral flange 7. The perforations are of such size as to prevent the passage through them of the smallest size fruit. under treatment. to rotateon the same horizontal axis and are shown as carried on the shaft 8. The base or larger end of each shell is toward the rear or feed end of the machine. Each shell is partly closed at the base endby an annular flange or head 9, and the/smaller end of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application and September 14, 1905'. Serial No. 278,375.

Both shells are mounted Patented March 19, 1907.

rearmost shell 5 is secured to the base flange or head of the advance shell 6, with the opening in the head of the latter coinciding with the discharge-opening at the smaller end of the rear shell.

The internal spiral rib or flange 7 acts when a shell is turned to advance the material by rolling it over and over Without any tendency to rubbing and bruising or crushing of the material on the sides of the case, as is liableto happen when a stationary case and an ordinary worm are used. The fruit, especially after immersion and heating, is very tender and must be handled as gently as pos sible, so as not to impair its merchantable quality. f a

Delivery-is made into the machine through,

the central opening 10 in the base-flange of the rear shell 5.

The conveyors being set in motion, the material is advanced from the wider end of the first conveyer up the incline and dumped into the rear wider end of the second conveyer,

thence lifted again, andfinally discharged from the smaller elevated end of this conveyer into the hopper 11 and upon the Washing-tables or otherwise, as desired. 7

Any suitable means may be employed to rotate the conveyors.

If a somewhat prolonged action of the water or solution is desired on the material undergoing treatment, one or the other, or

both, of the conveyors may be provided with a suitable horizontal cylindrical portion, as 5, which is also supplied with the internal spiral flange. Inasmuch as the shell is designed to bemore or less submerged, this causes the material to travel a longer diS-.

tance through the liquid before being lifted up the inclined tapered portion of the shell.

tion the liquid drains off through the perfora- As the material clears the body of the solutions in the shell and back into the compart- 'nrent where it belongs. The material may be conveyed successively through as many taiiks and as many different solutionsas desired or necessary, since the tank may be of any length and there may be any number of assembled conveyors acting one after the Ids other and successively to advance fthe fruit, submerge it, liftit clear of-the solution, drain it, and pass it'on to a succeeding conveyer.

While we have shown two conveyors on the same shaft and operating successively "and through different solutions,-it is obvious that, under some conditions we may employ only a i single solution and a single conveyer, the principle of operation being the same.

W here a plurality of conveyors are used, as. shown, the nead 9 of the conveyer in advance has an outwardly-projecting annular flange 9, surrounding the central opening in the I headl -to WlllCll the reduced end of the conveyer immediately in rear is riveted or otherwise attached. Uonnecungthe conveyors in some such way as this insures the delivery I from one'to the other in the manner desired.

By employing a conical rotaryperforatedshell With an internal spiral flange, as here shown, the fruit or vegetables are. given, the necessary movement through the bath and are also lifted clear ofland drained'ofthe'so lution, the fruit being given arolling motion in the constantly-revolving shell; rather than.

' by the one agency or element'-to wit, the

conical rotary perforate shell and its internal spiral.

' To secure best results, the fruit or vegeta bles should be fed uniformly into the machine. At least the charges should be regulated, so as to limit the amount the machine is to handle at any onetime. Where operating continuously in' big factories, we prefer to regulate the feed so that it is made to corre- At the rear orfeed enrlof the apparatus we have shown a chute or trough 12, into which the fruit or other material in pro or shape for treatment is dumped or'd'elivere Suitably disposed in this trough is a rotary feeder having'the peripheral pockets 13. Each pocket is adapted to contain a predetermined amount proportioned to the requirement and capacity of the'conveyer. The feeder is givena coordinate movement with the conveyers by suitable connections 14 between the shaft of the feeder and the shaft 8, Fig. 2'. The axis of ti 1o feeder is placed below the level of the runway on which the fruit in bulk is support: ed, and the feeder revolves in the direction of the arrow, so that each pocket will fill as it comes up on one side and dump'into the Ina-- chine itgoes down on the other. By gearing or otherwise connecting the feeder and conveyers the two operate in unison. If the Tne necessary submersion spond to the rate of rotation of the conveyers.

conveyers are run faster, the feed will be faster, and vice versa.

lf desired, the conveyer may be entirely inclosed'by a cover 15 to keep in the heat and fumes. p

The liquid in the two compartments may be. kept hot by admitting steam through suitableconnections 16, and the compartments may be drained through the valved outlets 17;

Each compartment is provided with an overflow, which preferably consists of an elbow 18, turning on a nipple on the tank, and a short sectionof. pipe 19,6CIGWlllg into the olbowh By turning the elbow on its nipple the end of the section 19 may be raised or. low-- ered to vary within certain limits the level of the liquid "in. the compartment.

It is possible that various modifications in our invention-may be made without departing from the principle thereof, and we do not Wish to be understood as limiting ourselves vto the specific construction as herein shown and described.

- Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Let-tors Pat.- ent, is-- 1. A scalder comprising a substantially closed;containing-tank having a transverse partition dividing its interior into a hotwater compartment and a hot-solution com pertinent, and a foraminous shell of doublecone, form having the smaller end of one cone connected to the larger end 03? the other cone at a, point abovethe level otthe solution therein, each of said conesrevolubly mounted in one. of the compartments of the tank and having a spiral conveyer and one of said cones delivering it s' contents into the other cone 7' 2. A scalder comprising a liquidrontainin tank, a hollow foraminous drum. revolu ly mounted therein and having one portion submerged in the liquid contents thereof, said drum having an internal eclnveyer, and an overflow-pipe havir an gidjustable nipnleturnable in a.' vertioa plane to vary the heightof the li aid-level.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' EDWARD J. JUDGE." BOYD C. DlBERT. l Vitnesses:

S. H. NoURsa, D. llionasns. 

